Jack Palance

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-02-17

Deathday

2006-11-10 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • Walter Jack Palance
  • Walter Palance
  • Jack Brazzo
  • Volodymyr Palahniuk
  • Джек Пеланс
  • Джек Паланс
  • Володимир Палагнюк
  • Джек Пэланс
  • Джак Паланс
  • Џек Паланс
  • Τζακ Πάλανς
  • Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk

Jack Palance

Biography

Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991).

Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He went on to briefly attend Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, Palance starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He also served as the host of the ABC television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986). In 2006, Palance died of natural causes at the home of his daughter Holly in Montecito, California.

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Known For

Batman
7.2%

Batman

Jun 21, 1989

Tango & Cash
6.4%

Tango & Cash

Dec 22, 1989

The Swan Princess
6.6%

The Swan Princess

Nov 18, 1994

Young Guns
6.7%

Young Guns

Feb 17, 1988

Contempt
7.1%

Contempt

Oct 29, 1963

City Slickers
6.4%

City Slickers

Jun 7, 1991

Shane
7.4%

Shane

Apr 23, 1953

Bagdad Cafe
7.2%

Bagdad Cafe

Nov 12, 1987

The Professionals
7.1%

The Professionals

Nov 1, 1966

Barabbas
6.8%

Barabbas

Dec 23, 1961

Alone in the Dark
5.9%

Alone in the Dark

Nov 12, 1982

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Acting

2004
Back When We Were Grownups as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2002
Living with the Dead as Allan Van Praagh
2001
Prancer Returns
2001
The Omen Legacy as Narrator (voice)
2001
Night Visions as Jake Jennings
1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End as John Witting
1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience as (archive footage)
1999
Treasure Island as Long John Silver
1998
Ebenezer as Ebenezer Scrooge
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Beelzebub
1997
I'll Be Home For Christmas as Bob Greiser
1997
Monster Mania as Host
1996
In Search of Dracula as Self
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Self
1995
Buffalo Girls as Bartle Bone
1994
The Swan Princess as Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Duke Page
1994
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1994
Cops & Robbersons as Jake Stone
1993
Cyborg 2 as Mercy
1992
Legends of the West as Host
1992
Keep the Change as Overstreet
1991
City Slickers as Curly Washburn
1990
Solar Crisis as Travis
1989
Tango & Cash as Yves Perret
1989
Batman as Grissom
1988
Outlaw of Gor as Xeno
1988
Young Guns as L. G. Murphy
1987
Bagdad Cafe as Rudi Cox
1987
Gor as Xenos
1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Alone in the Dark as Frank Hawkes
1982
Ripley's Believe It or Not! as Host
1982
The Helm of Destiny as Narration
1982
Psychic Confession as Narrator
1981
Evil Stalks This House as Stokes
1980
Without Warning as Joe Taylor
1980
Hawk the Slayer as Voltan
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Whitey Robinson
1980
The Ivory Ape as Marc Kazarian
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Will Smith
1979
Cocaine Cowboys as Raphael
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Kaleel
1979
Portrait of a Hitman as Jim Buck
1979
The Shape of Things to Come as Omus
1979
Angels' Brigade as Mike Farrell
1978
The One Man Jury as Lieutenant Wade
1978
Unknown Powers as Himself - Host
1977
Welcome to Blood City as Frendlander
1977
The Unknown Force as Self - Host
1976
The Four Deuces as Vic Morono, the Boss
1976
Blood and Bullets as Duke
1976
Rulers of the City as Scarface' Manzari
1976
Black Eve as Judas Carmichael
1976
The Cop in Blue Jeans as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1976
God's Gun as Sam Clayton
1976
Safari Express as van Daalen
1975
The Sensuous Nurse as Mr. Kitch
1975
Rickles
1975
Africa Express as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
1975
Bronk
1975
The Great Adventure as William Bates
1975
The Hatfields and the McCoys as Devil Anse Hatfield
1974
The Godchild as Rourke
1974
Dracula as Dracula
1974
Craze as Neal Mottram
1973
Oklahoma Crude as Hellman
1973
Brothers Blue as Hillman
1972
Imagine as Self
1972
Father Jackleg as Buck Santini
1972
Chato's Land as Quincey Whitmore
1972
It Can Be Done Amigo as Sonny Bronson
1971
The Horsemen as Tursen
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1970
Compañeros as John
1970
Monte Walsh as Chet Rollins
1970
The McMasters as Kolby
1969
Battle of the Commandos as Charley MacPherson
1969
Che! as Fidel Castro
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine as Antonin
1969
A Bullet for Rommel as Major John Heston
1969
The Desperados as Parson Josiah Galt
1968
The Mercenary as Ricciolo ("Curly")
1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas as Douglas
1968
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
1967
Kill a Dragon as Rick Masters
1967
Torture Garden as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat as Louis Strago
1967
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore as Narrator (voice)
1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass as Jabberwock
1966
The Professionals as Jesus Raza
1965
Convoy
1965
Run for Your Life as Julian Hays
1965
Once a Thief as Walter Pedak
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Louis Strago
1964
Paparazzi as Himself
1964
Bardot et Godard as Himself
1963
Contempt as Jeremy Prokosch
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962
Warriors Five as Jack
1962
Night Train to Milan as Herr Bauer / Schneider
1961
Barabbas as Torvald
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
The Last Judgment as Matteoni
1961
The Mongols as Ogataï
1961
Sword of the Conqueror as Alboino
1960
The Barbarians as Revak
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz as Gen. Weirother
1959
Beyond All Limits as Jim Gatsby
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell as Eric Koertner
1958
The Man Inside as Milo March
1957
House of Numbers as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1957
The Death of Manolete as Manolete
1957
The Lonely Man as Jacob Wade
1957
The Last Tycoon as Monroe Stahr
1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dan Morgan
1956
Playhouse 90 as Self - Host
1956
Playhouse 90 as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Attack as Joe Costa
1956
The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1955
I Died a Thousand Times as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1955
The Big Knife as Charles Castle
1955
Kiss of Fire as El Tigre
1954
The Silver Chalice as Simon The Magician
1954
Sign of the Pagan as Attila
1953
Man in the Attic as Slade
1953
Flight to Tangier as Gil Walker
1953
Arrowhead as Toriano
1953
Second Chance as Cappy Gordon
1953
Shane as Jack Wilson
1953
The Oscars as Self
1952
Sudden Fear as Lester Blaine
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as John
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
1951
The Red Skelton Show as Self
1951
Halls of Montezuma as Pigeon Lane
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950
Panic in the Streets as Blackie
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949
Lights Out
1949
Suspense as Tom Walker
1949
Suspense as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
1948
Studio One
1948
Studio One as Arky
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self / Caliban
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

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1992
Legends of the West as Executive Producer
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